DESCRIPTIONIt was when Versace died and there was huge news coverage, I just thought how shallow it all was. Ok, a man died. It's not good news, but is it big news compared to a million people dying? I thought not and wrote this.[90 words]

AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (31)A Summer Storm(Poetry)I love to watch a good storm! Don't know what it is, but it's like a log fire - I can just sit and stare for ages! [56 words]All Or Nothing(Short Stories)Loosely based around an experience I had, but is generally about a one sided feeling of attraction that pushes the character to the edge. Written in the 1st person to be more personal. [1,087 words]Balance(Poetry)I don't want to give anything away by describing this one. It's about losing something important. [19 words]Brian(Poetry)Slightly silly little poem, but it has a sense of emotion as well. [25 words]Careless(Poetry)One of my first ever attempts at poetry! I remember my English teacher at the time saying I should keep writing - so blame her!! [109 words]Discomfort(Poetry)Actually written in a German seminar at Uni. I'd had enough of the tutor's ambling drone and started to write - this is the result! Take from it what you will!! [148 words]Drifters(Poetry)I just let my hand write whatever cam into my head...enjoy!! (It's not meant to be pretentious, but if you find something in it you like then great!) [85 words]Effort(Poetry)About not giving up and giving your all. [47 words]Forever Immortal(Poetry)Looking back over photographs of myself I thought no matter where I go from here I was always going to have been there, in that moment as I was and there is no changing that. It is forever in history ... [58 words]Growing Old Alone(Poetry)I realised I hadn't had a woman in my life for a while and began to wonder if I ever would again! (Any lovely ladies out there...?!) [41 words]Happy Again(Poetry)About the first accidental meeting with an ex that it took you ages to get over while you're having an otherwise great night out, and then she walks past in slo-mo and you recall a hundred occasions i... [89 words]Home From Home(Poetry)After moving out from the house of Ma & Pa to live under my own roof for the first time, I soon found myself crawling back on hands & knees needing my old room back! [57 words]Natural Colours(Poetry)Standing at my Grandfather's modest grave and looking at the flowers laid for him I had this odd idea. [56 words]Near Death(Poetry)After falling head over heels for a girl that I knew, I decided to 'make the move'. She very bluntly turned me down. [108 words]Needing To Get Away(Poetry)I was just kind of fed up of the way things weren't going my way and scribbled this. It's a bit tongue on cheek, but is summed up in the last line! [38 words]No Tears(Poetry)I have no idea why I wrote thisor where it came from, but it's fairly self-explanatory. [40 words]Not Enough Hours In A Day(Short Stories)For those people who say there's never time to do something - there is! Don't sit around putting it off - do it! [715 words]Not To Be(Poetry)Being so alone can feel like there's no way out. [48 words]Oh If Only(Poetry)If only the world was like this - living together as a unit, as a team - as a world. [66 words]One Day Soon(Poetry)Just realised I wasn't going anywhere, but kept telling everyone what I wanted to do, but just sat about waiting for it to 'happen'. [35 words]So I Said(Poetry)Us blokes just find it hard to say, ok?! [46 words]Someone We Do Not Know(Poetry)I have absolutely no religious beliefs other than it's all a load of nonsense; but that's just my opinion - if I find myself in Hell one day I'll admit I was wrong all along! [182 words]Someone's Playing God(Poetry)Along the same lines as 'Someone We Do Not Know', but with more belief and more sinister. [127 words]Stood Up(Poetry)A not particularly serious little poem about those annoying moments of knowing she (or he) just isn't going to turn up! [28 words]Sunburn(Poetry)After seeing people lying in the sun and turning into cancer-potential lobsters I just couldn't help but think how stupid some people really are! [37 words]The End Of The World(Poetry)Fairly self-explanitory title really! [80 words]The Show(Poetry)I found myself sitting in a huge, but empty auditorium. It felt odd being so quiet, but still all the seats watched an empty stage. (Each stanza is supposed to look like steps up to a stage!) [143 words]The Tease(Poetry)About really fancying someone when they're your friend and they know it but just let you suffer it! [73 words]Trust Them(Poetry)I began to think how much trust we put in inanimate objects. [107 words]Up To Speed(Poetry)I always knew what I wanted to do with my life, but was afraid to take the plunge. I kept saying, 'next week' or 'tomorrow', but kept wimping out. This was a kick up my own backside! [200 words]Weighing It Up(Poetry)About realising you need someone who sometimes seems too much effort. [48 words]

Dead DesignersPeter Halpin

Dead designers
and their tombstone labels
keep you warm by day
and sane at night.

You live your dreams
and chain stores scare you.
You enter casinos
with money to play with.
(You always have.)

Credit cards slip through your fingers;
numbers are nothing
and you can't even count;
more bank accounts than brain cells.